PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Manuscript
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choirbook
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paper (with parchment)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
very high
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Type
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decorated
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated
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flourished
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never
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sometimes
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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